Posted on 05/20/2023 2:17:46 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
The percentage of U.S. adults who report having been diagnosed with depression at some point in their lifetime has reached 29.0%, nearly 10 percentage points higher than in 2015. The percentage of Americans who currently have or are being treated for depression has also increased, to 17.8%, up about seven points over the same period. Both rates are the highest recorded by Gallup since it began measuring depression using the current form of data collection in 2015.
The most recent results, obtained Feb. 21-28, 2023, are based on 5,167 U.S. adults surveyed by web as part of the Gallup Panel, a probability-based panel of about 100,000 adults across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Respondents were asked, “Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have depression?” and “Do you currently have or are you currently being treated for depression?” Both metrics are part of the ongoing Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index.
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When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Proverbs 28:12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
I wonder how high the depression rates among the entire US population was during Trump's Presidency or Reagan's?
Libs seem to live depressed no matter what though.
Many depressed cause it looks so irreversible — the election theft seems to be permanent.
Our purchasing power is pretty depressed. 🤑
I separate depression into two very different types. (You can argue more)
Situational depression which is very understandable and normal to the situation. A parent/sibling/spouse/child/friend/loved one dies. You lose a job. Divorce. Something that you were very much looking forward to fails to happen. Finances to go hell in a handbasket. An acute situation that sucks, but life does go on and we do adapt.
Clinical depression which is much more complex in understanding it. Is there a root cause? Is it a imbalance of brain chemistry? A brain injury? This is still real, but less well understood.
I would include health issues and accidents in your first grouping.
Completely agree.
I like your analysis and it fits pretty good.
Most people at some point have had a situation depression that could have lasted weeks or months.
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Boy, that thought was right on my mind. Interesting thing is that everyone tries to attribute this massive uptick in depression as being directly related to the “Covid pandemic”. Most of it has little intersection with Covid and most of it is directly related to Biden and Democrats who have literally turned American society on its head. He puts mentally unstable people in cabinet positions, invites a transvestite the White House and celebrates that perversity. The list goes on and on with how Biden/Obama have pressed their evil upon us. Whether people recognize it or not, this is a direct source of cognitive dissonance evolving into personal depression.
GMTA!
He and his entire administration are a boil on good civilized people.
Well said. And there’s no use arguing because even the self-appointed experts keep shifting their conclusions. And their terms and sub-categories.
As the immortal bluesman Chester Arthur Burnett (Howlin’ Wolf) said: When you feel down, you feel depressed, what you have is the blues.
And the thieves are heck bent on destroying civilization.
Not to say I believe in every word (plus I am not a Catholic) but the brilliant scholar Fr.Robert Spitzer, former President of Gonzaga University has written detailed books some of which consider types and causes of depression. This is a video of one summary (note: he is blind but writes nonfiction books of hundreds of pages with long rows of sources and footnotes).
On suffering and deep cycles of joy and despair. Says Satan tempts us and confuses us into blaming ourselves and feeling more sadness that we are not measuring up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOoJaJz0sFg
Some of his books.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fr.+robert+spitzer+books&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X&ved=2a
When I think about what is happening to my country, I get discouraged. But I don’t think I’ve ever been really depressed. Maybe for a bit as a teenager, but it was probably the hormones.
I don’t suffer from depression. I’m a carrier.
Trunp’s fault.
Who isn’t depressed with that cockroach in the white house? Even the lummox Fetterman had to be hospitalized for depression and he is below the stupid threshold for having any emotions.
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